This prime is excellent for what it is. It's a fantastic streetshooter and the build quality is what I expected paying the high dollar for it. I love the Oly hood for it, too! Images with it are cleaner compared to the 17 2.8 pancake. It's truest strength is its fast AF speed and quiet motor.

Before buying the Olympus 17mm f1.8, I'd been using the 1st-generation Panasonic 20mm f1.7 as my main lens for over three years. The Olympus is bigger and heavier than the Panasonic, which is not to say that it's either big or heavy (it's perfectly in proportion with my E-PL3 and GF-1), just that...

Back in the day, when film was still in, people were talking about 35mm photography. Well, this is the closest lens to that old standard. I received this lense as an Xmas gift a year ago. Since then, this lens has become the standard lens on our GX7 Panasonic camera.

This lens was a lot better than I expected. When I got the lens I was surprised how well built it was. The silver lens also makes my Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera look beautiful, which is always a plus.

Durable; Easy To Use; Reliable

Heavy

I wanted a small wide angle prime lens for my Lumix G9. The auto focus is fast, and the manual focus is easy to use (especially with its MF Clutch). This lens is a great wide angle for landscape shots. Its maximum f1.8 aperture is fast, and also achieves a pleasing bokeh effect for close-ups.

Just bought this lens last week and I've taken a few candid shots of my son mostly in manual with my E-M10 Mark II. I was able to take clear, crisp shots while he played outside in the yard.

An excellent lens which works well with the OM-D 5 ii. Light and effective it is very useful for street photos.

"I'm shooting more hand held video interviews these days and this lens on the OM-D EM5 MII is perfect for my needs. It lets me get close enough to the subject for good audio pick up by the on-camera Rode shotgun mic.

This has got to be the best m4/3 lens available in the market.

Good image quality; Lightweight yet durable; Easy-to-use manual focus ring; Fast and quiet AF

Manual focus ring and AF not mechanically linked; Not the absolute sharpest lens available for micro 4/3